Technology Transfer: IACTEC

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  • Spanish representatives posing with Josef Aschbacher, Director General of ESA, at the Spanish Pavilion during the International Astronautical Congress 2026 in Antalya.
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    Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias showcases its capabilities for small space missions in Antalya
    The IACTEC Espacio team, a laboratory within the CELESTE project, took part in the International Astronautical Congress 2026 with developments in instrumentation, software and technologies for small satellites, including DRAGO-3, IACSAT-DUNE, libPUS and the future Constelación Islas Canarias The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) took part in the 77th International Astronautical Congress 2026 (IAC 2026), held from 5 to 9 October in Antalya, Türkiye, where the IACTEC Espacio team, integrated into the CELESTE project, showcased some of the technologies and missions it is developing in
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  • Welcome to the meeting of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Science Programme Committee (SPC) with key representatives from the Tenerife Island Council, the ESA and the IAC
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    The IAC is hosting the meeting of the ESA Scientific Programme Committee at the IACTEC facilities
    On 10 and 11 June, the IACTEC facilities – the technology transfer and business collaboration hub of the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics (IAC) – will host the meeting of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Science Programme Committee (SPC), the body responsible for deciding how funds allocated to ESA’s science programme should be managed and for what purposes. The meeting in Tenerife brings together representatives from the 23 ESA member states and specialists involved in the planning, selection and monitoring of the scientific projects that will shape European space science in the
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  • De izquierda a derecha, José Alonso Burgal, gestor; Valentín Martínez Pillet, director del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC); Alfonso Ynigo Rivera, ingeniero de sistemas; y Álex Oscoz, jefe del Departamento e investigador principal de IACTEC Espacio, durante su participación en el Space Symposium 2026.
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    The IAC takes its space technology to Space Symposium 2026 and signs a collaboration agreement with LASP at the University of Colorado
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias is taking part in the 41st edition of the leading international space forum, held in Colorado Springs from 13 to 16 April, within the Spain Pavilion organised by ICEX alongside 16 other organisations from the sector. The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), through IACTEC Space, its department dedicated to the development of technology for small satellites, took part this week in Space Symposium 2026, held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, from 13 to 16 April. The event, organised by the Space Foundation and now in its 41st edition, is the
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  • IACTEC Espacio en el foro internacional SSSIF26
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    The IAC promotes its space technology at the international SSSIF 2026 forum
    The team from IACTEC Espacio, the department of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) dedicated to developing space technology for small satellites, is taking part this week in the Small Satellites & Services International Forum (SSSIF) 2026, held from 17 to 19 February in Málaga. In this seventh edition, the international forum consolidates itself as one of the main meeting points for the small satellite sector, under the motto “Secure Communications & Other Dual Technologies.” IACTEC Espacio is participating as an exhibitor with its own stand, where it presents its main
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  • Main structure of the SELF Telescope, which serves as a technological prototype for the ExoLife Finder (ELF) Telescope.
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    The construction of the SELF telescope progresses with the arrival of its main structure
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) continues to make progress in the construction of the SELF (Small ExoLife Finder) telescope with the arrival of its mechanical structure at the IACTec facilities. The structure, shipped from the Basque Country, marks a new milestone in the development of this scientific and technological project. The assembly has been received at the IACTec Building, located in the Las Mantecas Science and Technology Park (La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife), a strategic site dedicated to the design, integration and validation of advanced astronomical
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  • Members of the NAOC, LJMU and IAC attending the meeting about the NRT at the IAC headquarters
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    The IAC hosts an international meeting to advance the design and construction of the New Robotic Telescope
    On 27 and 28 November, the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) hosted a meeting between representatives of the partner institutions of the New Robotic Telescope (NRT) —the IAC itself, Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), and the University of Oviedo— and a delegation from the National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC) headed by its director, Liu Jifeng. The meeting served to analyse the current status of the project and to define the steps required to formalise China’s incorporation into the international NRT consortium. NAOC’s participation opens up a major opportunity
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